How would you feel if you child called someone else mom/dad ?

I would feel mad and jealous.. My son used to do this to his grandmother and his great grandmother. My mil knew that it was wrong, and she still allowed him to do it. I think she enjoyed seeing me squirm.. I believe that it was so selfish to do this. I told her about it, and after while she stopped.. Now my son calls nothing but me momma! She had him doing this for a while, until she would tell him, no, I am not your momma, I am grandma.. Well, it was her fault because she had him doing it in the first place. I don't know why grandmothers do this.. To me, it is mean.. But, some do this for playing with a child. I don't think that it is funny. You can confuse a child with things like this! If a child called me mom, and I am not that child's mom, I would tell the child that I am not their mom.. I will instead direct them to their real mom. That is just me.

Definetely i feel bad but then my son does it often but then I guess its not his fault becoz he yet to start to speak as he is one year and seven months.But then he can recognise his mom and dad very well and in that way I am really happy for him.Today we had gone out and my FIL said that he really missed me and my husband as he kept on asking for us and that shows us that he knows who his dad and mom are. Regards

i wouldn't like it. i'm the only mom they have.some of myson's friends use to call me mama jo but their mom's knew that & were o.k. w/it.

Kids have ONE mother and ONE father! If my child were to call someone else mom I would be livid and hurt. No other woman has that right unless she gave birth to the child. My step daughter calls me by my name and I would not want her calling me "mom". She has a mother and her calling me "mom" would not be respectful to her own mother. My son calls my husband by his name as well. Although his dad is not in his life that doesn't matter. My husband is his dad in every way but he is not his father. I would not want anyone calling me "mom" who I didn't give birth to. I've seen some step kids being forced to call thier step parents mom/dad and I just think it's wrong.

This has happened only once. We live in Spain and all our relatives live in the UK. My half brother stayed with us for a week, and my kids loved having someone to play with them the whole day and go to the pool with, so it was quite natural for them to slip up and call him 'Dad'. We didn't make a big deal of it, and when I told my husband he just laughed too. But when it isn't just a slip up I think it would be very hurtful.

My daughter does that sometimes and I can't stand it. I live with my MIL and my daughter will be talking to me. She will ask a question saying mommy....? and my MIL will answer. I hate it when she does that because she is not her mom. Then she will try and act like shes her mom to. I will tell my daughter to stop doing something and as soon as I do, MIL says Lexie stop doing that. UGH!!!! Sometimes I just want to rip her head off. People should have more common sense then that. If someone elses kid called me mom I would tell them quickly I'm not your mom. And if someone asked me if I were their mom and would quickly say no.

if my kids did it now as young as they are i wouldn't like it. i would be really upset and jealous. but since they spend so much time with me it has never happened. they know i am mom and what i do for them. now when they are older it might not bother me as much. i call my best friend's mom "mom" even now lol. when i was babysitting a little boy he would call me mom to get my attention because that was one of the few words he could say. i didn't mind that and neither did his mom since it was more to get my attention then him actually thinking i was his mother. although for the first 2 years of his life he saw me more then he did his parents.

When my daughter was growing up a lot of her friends called me Mom all the time. Funny enough I really can't remember a time hearing my daughter call anyone else Mom or Dad. My whole take on the topic is I am not insecure when it comes to my relatioship with my daughter (only child) and if she did call someone else Mom I'm quite OK with that. We know where we are in our relationship and we are very secure. Great question though because a lot of people aren't.

If it was by mistake I would let it pass. I remember my daughter calling somebody else "Mommy" while we were in the mall because she thought that the person was me lol however, If it's something like calling somebody else who is totally unrelated from us. I don't think I can allow that. It's offensive for a Mother.

i would be very hurt.. my brother calls this other guy dad, and have his son call him pappa (which our kids in the family call my dad) i can see how this bothers him deeply. i told my brother that is disrespectful towards my dad. but i also have a older friend who's like a second dad to me, but i call him pappy.. but i think i would have to keep my kids away from them

hi samtaylorskykierajen I think you are very sensitive mother are you??? Because I Read your many discussion All are Parents & child Relations :D my opinion about this don't be jealous but told your Son adressing Guys=Uncle & girls=Aunty if am child i adressing all uncle & aunty

i would be ok with it may they are treating your child like a parent in out of respect for them they see them more in and a more om and dad figure some people don,t like there child calling other mom and dad maybe this is something you could discuss with the child.tell them it makes you feel uncomfortable

I never would want my child to call someone elses there mom nor i would want other peoples child called me mom either. I think it hurts for a mom to hear your own child called someone mom aside from you. I am not comfortable about it. I might call the attention of the person so she will do something about it.

My husband's children from his first marriage call their step-father "dad". I know this hurts him and it really irked me when their mother had them do it. Young children will usually call any man or woman in the house "mom" or "dad". It is up to the parents to not allow this to happen out of respect for the child's natural parent. The times it is really wrong in my opinion is when the parent has their child call someone else "mom" or "dad" just to be spiteful. Of course, this is a decision that every parent must make for themselves. If the child's natural parent is never around, maybe it would be better for the child to have someone to call mom or dad. I just think the decision should be done with the child's best interest in mind and respecting the parental rights of both parents.

It did not happen to me. I would not be too pleased if my own son calls another person dad. I spend a lot of time with my son and I do try to dedicate quality time with him. So I would be rather offended if this would happen. I would never allow my son to call another person as his dad.

No never happen to me before. I don't think I should feel sad about it if it's happen to me. Maybe I should be happy because I am a real mother.

It depends on the situation.My daughter called her grandma,mommy and it was fine with me.She knows i am her real mother so its not a big deal to me.I think its just depend on you.If you feel bad about it then you should stop your child from calling others like they called you.And i could understand whatever you feel about it because i am a mom too.

Hello samtaylorskykierajen I would go absolutely crazy if my kids were to call anyone else mum, absolutely crazy. They have only one mum and that is me! I don't have a problem with them calling someone else dad though because their father is no longer around and isn't worthing of have the name of dad anyway. As for another child to call me mum, I think I would find it very flattering but would have to make sure it was ok with their real mum first.

I am very glad if someone would call me as their MOm/Dad but I think it is very normal especially when you are the person who i am the person as their Godparents.........from their baptism.

I have never called anyone else Mother. My grandaughter is 3 years old and she hears me call my Mother who she calls Nannie. Then she starts calling Nannie Mother. We tell her that no she is Nannie. My daughter is her mother and I don't want to confuse her. Some of my cousins called my grandmother MaMa but the rest of us called her grandmother. They called their Mamas Mother.